Candy-spinner.



PATENTED-MAR. 20;"190e. -w. H. GOODMAN.

CANDY SPINNER. AYPLIO ATION'II-LEDJJULY 11, 1905. v

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CANDYESYPINN EFR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed. July 11, 1905'.Serial No. 269,227.

WILLIAM H. GOODMAN, or KNOXVILLE; TENNESSEE. ASSIGNOR or ONE,

THIRD To HU. WOODWARD, or KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.

T on whom it may concern):

. Be it known that I, WILLIAM H.Goo1)MA a citizen of the United States,residing at Knoxville, in the county of Knox and State of Tennessee,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Candy-Spinners, ofwhich the 'followin is a specification.

' My lnvention re atesto anirn'provement in candy-spinners. p

In many of the machines hitherto employed for spinning candy metallicwheels were used; but the objection to metallic wheels or rolls is thatthe metal becomes easily heated,wliich causes the candy to adhere tothis difficulty,

the face of the metal, causing delay and inconvenience.

object of my invention is to obviate and this is accomplished by the useof wheels or rolls composed of a partly or slightly vulcanized rubber orequivalent material interposed between brass .or metallic plates ordisks, said intermediate portion having a semicircular circumferentialgroove orconcavity, so that a complete circle is made by the contact ofthemetallic rims of the wheels or rolls, which contact is regulated bymeans oftension or set screws, the contact of the rims closing thecircular orifice and preventing the adhesion of candy to the same.

. My invention further consists in means for spinning candy into roundsticks from the plastic mass and in certain-other novel features ofconstruction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

In the'acco'mpanying drawings, Figure 1 is a'view in side elevation.Fig. 2 is an en'd view, and Fig. 3 is a section in detail. A A representtwo 11 rights, which constitute the framework of t e machine. Thenumerals 1 and 2 are used to designate two shafts journaled in boxes 3 3and 4 4, re-

spectively, adjustably, supported in the uprights, as shown in Fig. 1.These journalvboxes may be cast ormade separate of brass or othermaterial and held in place by grooves onset-screws. Interposed betweenthe journal-boxes are the s regulate the pressure on t e shafts, and;the tension of these springs is regulated by the set-screws'6 6.-

' Wheels or rolls are keyed or otherwise se-.

' cured to the two shafts. These'wheels or rolls are composed ofjacenter 7 of artly or slightly vulcanized rubber or com ination iralsprings 5 5 to of rubber, wood, or other non 4 conducting material whichwill preclude the adhesion of candy. The peripheries of these centerdisks are grooved circumferentially,so that at the point of contact acircle is preferably formed, as shown in Fig. 2. Brass plates or disks 88 aresecure'd to theends of the center disks'by bolts 9 9 or othermeans, and an orifice through the center of each wheel or rollthusformed is provided to receive a shaft upon which the roll or wheel ismounted, the latter being held thereon by keys driven into the grooves10 10 or other means.

Gear-wheels 11 11 are keyed tothe shafts and intergeared, whereby motionis communicated from one shaft to the other in the opposite direction. Abelt-wheel 12 is secured to one'of the shafts to receive a belt '(not'shown) if the machine is to be driven from an be secured to this shaftas ameans for operating the machine'by hand-power.

n connection'with the machine just described a feeding device may beused, if desired, although this is not shown. Likewise two additionalwheels or rollers might be employed to run at right angles with theother two rollers, they being groovedinthe same manner.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a simple machine is provided forspinning round stick candy and at the same time one which willpreventadhesion of the plastic mass to the parts of the machine.

- Slight changes might be resorted to in the form .and arrangement ofthe several parts described without departing from the s 'irit and scopeof my invention, and hence do not wish to limit myself to the exactconstruction herein set forth; but, g

' Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A wheel or roll for candy-spinners comprising a center of elasticyielding material to which the candy will not adhere, and ends forlaterally supporting the elastic center;

2. The combination with a frame, journalboxes, shafts journaled therein,and tension means, of wheels or rolls secured to the shafts, the centersof the wheels 01' rolls composed of Patented March 20, 190

engine or motor, and a hand-crank may also elastic yielding materialcircumferentially grooved. 3. The combination With a suitable frame,

shafts journaled therein, and rollers secured 3 will not adhere, endplates or disks, said disks to the shafts, the centers of said rollerscoml or centers secured together and s )rings to posed of partly orslightly vulcanized rubber regulate the pressure on the shafts 0 therolls,

circumferentially grooved, and end plates or and set-screws forregulating the tension of 15 5 disks secured thereto, and mounted on thel the springs.

shafts. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature 4. The combinationwith a suitable frame, in presence of two witnesses. shafts journaledtherein and rollers secured WILLIAM H. GOODMAN. to the shafts, saidrollers composed of cir- Witnesses: 1o cumferentially grooved centers ofpartly or Ms. C. WOODWARD,

slightly vulcanized rubber to which candy W. B. HENDERsoN.

